KETTERINGHAM, Bertie John Nugent
| Service Number: | 92723 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Merchant Navy |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 19 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Merchant Seaman |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Dreadnought Naval Hospital, Greenwich, England, 3 July 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Greenwich Royal Naval Cemetery , London, England Grave C. M. 51 Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1918: | Involvement 92723, Merchant Navy |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of William T. and Margaret M. Ketteringham, of Ferndale Rd., Annersley, South Brisbane, Australia.
Wife-Janet Draper Cooksley Ketteringham 1881–1912
Enlisted: 1-1-1918
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 3rd July…… Bertie Nugent Ketteringham was born on 19th March, 1884 in Queensland, Australia.
He married Janet Draper Cooksley on 9th June, 1909 at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Janet Draper Ketteringham, wife of Bertie Nugent Ketteringham, died on 12th December, 1912 in Brisbane, Queensland, aged 31. She was buried in Nundah Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland.
Bertie John Nugent Ketteringham joined Mercantile Marine Reserve on 1st January, 1918 & was given an official number of 92723. He was posted to “Eaglet, ex- Eagle, Auxiliary Patrol parent ship, Liverpool” (according to information from Naval History.net) with rank of Donkeyman. (Donkeyman – a person in charge of a ship’s engine room or stoker)
Donkeyman Bertie John Nugent Ketteringham died on 3rd July, 1918 at Seaman’s Hospital, Greenwich (information from Historical RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society), London, England from Broncho pneumonia.
He was buried in Royal Hospital Cemetery, Woolwich Road, London, England which is now recorded by CWGC as Greenwich Royal Naval Cemetery, London, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/greenwich-royal-naval.html
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